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“It was Mucha’s belief that beautiful works of art would elevate the morale of the people and improve the quality of their lives and I think anyone who visits Kelvingrove to enjoy this exhibition will agree that his artwork does exactly that.”

Curator of European Art for Glasgow Museums, Pippa Stephenson, and curator of the Mucha Foundation, Tomoko Sato (Image: SNS Group)

John Mucha, president of the Mucha Foundation said: “We are delighted to return to Scotland with this new exhibition, and, in particular, to show Mucha's work in Glasgow - the greatest centre of Art Nouveau in Britain.

“At Kelvingrove, by creating a parallel display of Mucha and his contemporaries' works from Glasgow Museums' collection, we are able to examine to what extent Mucha's aesthetic and spiritual concerns reflected the spirit of his times.

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"We hope that this exhibition will communicate anew the interests, passions and concerns of his artistic vision and you will find it not only appealing but also surprising, stimulating and challenging."

Tickets are £5 for adults, £3 concession and under 16s go free until the exhibition ends on February 19.